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Did the Apostle Paul ever meet Peter?
Paul, an apostle that never met Jesus, went to meet Peter and James (Jesus’ brother) on a first visit to Jerusalem. Both Paul in his own account of Galatians 2, as well as Acts’ account in chapter 15, confirm this version.
Who is Peter and Paul?
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Did Peter and Paul know each other in the Bible?
Actually, no. Peter and Paul’s relationship was probably far more tumultuous. Paul, an apostle that never met Jesus, went to meet Peter and James (Jesus’ brother) on a first visit to Jerusalem. One may presume that Peter and James did not trust this mysterious man, who suddenly, proclaims himself as an apostle.
Why does the church need both Peter and Paul?
Paul greet pilgrims at the threshold of the holy place as a testimony to the unifying power of these great apostles. Peter and Paul are twin pillars for our Church, if you will. The Church places these two apostles together in a single common feast day and celebrates their memory as one.
Was the idea of the divinity of Jesus invented by Paul?
The idea of the divinity of Jesus was not, in fact, invented by Paul. Paul did not believe that Jesus was divine in the sense that most Christian believe today. Paul believed that Jesus was a divine being in some sense, but did not believe that Jesus was God or that he was equal to God. Paul’s Christology is…
Did Paul add Jesus to the Godhead?
Paul is not adding Jesus to the godhead, as if there were now two gods, but rather he is including Jesus in the divine identity of Yahweh. This is confirmed by the fact that Paul attributes to Jesus the very same act of creation that he attributes to God: “through whom are all things and through whom we exist.”
What is Pauline Christianity and why does it matter?
Larry Hurtado explains it best: “Pauline Christianity is the earliest form of the Christian movement to which we have direct access from undisputed firsthand sources” ( Lord Jesus Christ, 85). As we shall see, Paul didn’t simply believe Jesus was God in some marginal, semi-divine sort of way.
Did Primitive Christians believe Jesus was divine?
No one in primitive Christianity believed Jesus was divine, we are told. He was just a man and it was later believers, at the council of Nicea, that declared him to be a God. A classic example of this in popular literature can be found in the book The Da Vinci Code: